The Libyan reconciliation government set one condition for negotiating the shooting, in conjunction with its security talks with the American side, and its announcement to send a delegation to Ankara to sign new agreements with the Turkish government.
Turkey said on Thursday that the internationally recognized Libyan government was demanding the withdrawal of the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar from the coastal city of Sirte and the Jufra region as a precondition for talks to reach a ceasefire.
For his part, the Minister of the Interior of the Libyan National Accord Government, Fathi Pashaga, said that he discussed with officials from the American State, the National Security Council, and AFRICOM the security cooperation between his country and the United States of America.
The Ministry of Interior stated that the meeting - which was done via video - focused on efforts to reform the security sector in Libya, and the ministry's plan to develop its various services and divisions, while the American side offered the ministry's assistance in reforming the security sector.
In a statement, the Ministry of Interior said that the meeting dealt with the Ministry's program for re-dismantling, demobilization and reintegration (i.e. the integration of armed militias in the Al-Wefaq Interior).
The statement indicated that the American side praised the Ministry's work in reforming the security sector, and its seriousness in implementing an integrated dismantling, demobilization and reintegration program, and "offered to provide assistance in this field."
The statement pointed out that the US State Department informed the Libyan Ministry of the Interior at this meeting that it was studying with various offices and departments in Washington the possibility of assistance in removing and removing mines.
In a related context, Al-Jazeera correspondent in Libya Nasser Shadid reported that the Al-Wefaq government is preparing to send a technical delegation to Ankara to sign contracts for the energy sector, transportation and infrastructure.
European position
on his part, the European Union stressed today, Thursday, that the peace process in Libya should be led by the United Nations and be within the framework of the Berlin Agreement.
This came in a press statement to the European Commission spokesman, Peter Stano, in response to a question about the proposal submitted by Tunisian President Qais Saeed regarding Libya.
"The European Union believes that the peace process in Libya should be led by the United Nations and be within the framework of the Berlin Agreement," Stano said. He added that the peace process must be organized by the Libyans and for the Libyan people.
It is noteworthy that Tunisian President Qais Saeed said during his visit to France last Monday that Libyan tribes should meet to develop a constitution for the country, similar to the constitution that was established in Afghanistan.
In response, Khaled al-Mashri, head of the Libyan Supreme Council of State, said that the tribes in his country are not a political party and the Afghan experience in Libya cannot be applied.
It is noteworthy that the Libyan-backed government of Al-Wefaq forces recently achieved field victories, as it kept Haftar forces from the Libyan West and reached the outskirts of the coastal city of Sirte.